Barrel stave and hoop



(No Model.)

I. L. G. RICE.

BARREL $TAVE AND HOOP.

Patented Nov. 10, 1885'.

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w/a. 15%; KMQ6 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISRAEL L. G. RICE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

B'ARREL STAVE AND HOOP.

SPECIFICATIOIY forming part of Letters Patent No, 330,153, datedNovember 10, 1885.

Application filed June 1l,18f5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsRAEL L. G. RIoE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Boston, (Brookline,)in the county of Norfolk andState 5 of Massachusetts, haveinvented anew and use ful Stave and Methodof Fastening the Same,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in staves for pails, barrels, tubs,&o., made in IO such' a Way that when grouped together in position forthe hoops to be put on them there will be grooves in which will enterthe corrugations of an elastic metallic hoop. The methd of fasteningthese staves isby means of I elastic corrugated metallic hoops made ofspring-steel, the hoops being forced around the staves, the corrugationsor projections on the hoops entering the grooves in the staves,

so that a smooth outside surface is given to the pail-hoop free fromprojections.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. Figure 1 shows apailwhose staves have grooves for the corrugations of the hoop. Fig. 2 is abarrel bound with an elastic hoop.

Fg. 3 is a vertical section of a pail, showing the grooved staves andelastic hoop. Fig. 4 is an elastic hoop.

Serial No. 16R,364. (No model.)

The staves B B have grooves G O to receive the corrugations D D of thehoop, thus allowing the uncorrugated or the outwardly corrugated partsof the hoop to press firmly against the ungrooved portions of thestaves.

An additional advantage of the staves being grooved is that a muchneater and more desirable pail can be made than there can be if thecorrugations project like teeth beyond the smooth parts of thepail-hoop. These corrugations in the hoop cause it to be elastic, andthus prevent the staves from falling apart when they become dry andshrunken.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with a barrel, tub, or pail having grooved staves, ofan elastic hoop having corrugations resting in the grooves of thestaves, substantial] y as and for the purpose set forth.

ISRAEL L. G. RICE.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, CHAs. SPAULDING.

